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Optical Fiber Sensor Technology covers both the principles and
applications of this technology. Drawing upon leading international
experts for authoritative chapters reflecting the present
state-of-the-art, the book contains essential tutorial material on
the fundamentals of optics and optical fibres, reviews of the
underlying technology and present and potential future
applications. Extensively illustrated and carefully referenced,
this volume will prove an invaluable source for researchers,
engineers and advanced students from the fields of
optoelectronics/optics and/or measurement and sensors.
Progress in optical fiber sensors The field of optical fiber sensor
technology is one that continues to expand and develop at a rate
that could barely have been predicted a few years ago. The wealth
of publications appearing in the technical literature and the
burgeoning number of papers presented at the now well-established
series of national and international conferences, which are
attended by a wide selection of technically qualified
optoelectronics professionals, gives a clear indication of both the
range and scale of the devices and applications now seen in the
subject. Such a rapid expansion makes it very difficult for the
scientist and engineer, under pressure to be both informed and
effective for an employer, to attend all these meetings,
selectively read the appropriate literature and be able quickly to
gain the knowledge in those specific areas which will give the best
advantage for the work in hand. To that end, this volume has been
planned and carefully designed to provide an essential overview,
and detailed specific information, on those novel and exciting
aspects of optical fiber sensor technology that have recently
emerged, with particular focus on the devices and the exciting
applications of this part of optoelectronic technology in the vast
international measurement and instrumentation area.
Systems and Applications in Optical Fiber Sensor Technology The
essential technology which underpins developments in optical fiber
sensors continues to expand, and continues to be driven to a very
large extent by advances in optoelectronics which have been
produced for the ever-expanding optical com munications systems and
networks of the world. The steps forward in the technol ogy, often
accompanied by a reduction in the price of associated components,
have been, and continue to be, adapted for use in a wide variety of
optical fiber sensor systems. These include, for example, the use
of photoinduced gratings as fiber sensor components, coupled with
the wider availability of shorter wavelength lasers, bright
luminescent sources and high-sensitivity detectors which have
opened up new possibilities for both novel fiber optic sensor
applications and new sensing systems. This is to be welcomed at a
time when, coupled with integrated optic miniaturized devices and
detectors, real possibilities of systems integration, at lower cost
and increased utility, can be offered. The fiber laser, and the
expansions of the types and availability of the doped fiber on
which it is based, offer further examples of the integration of the
essential components of advanced optical sensor systems, fitted for
a new range of applications."
Environmental and chemical sensors in optical fiber sensor
technology The nature of the environment in which we live and work,
and the precarious state of many aspects of the natural
environment, has been a major lesson for scientists over the last
few decades. Public awareness of the issues involved is high, and
often coupled with a scepticism of the ability of the scientist and
engineer to provide an adequate, or even rapid solution to the
preservation of the environment before further damage is done, and
to achieve this with a mini mum of expenditure. Monitoring of the
various aspects of the environment, whether it be external or
internal to ourselves and involving chemical, physical or
biomedical parameters is an essential process for the well-being of
mankind and of the individual. Legis lative requirements set new
standards for measurement and control all around us, which must be
met by the most appropriate of the technologies available,
commensurate with the costs involved. Optical fiber sensor
technology has a major part to play in this process, both to
complement existing technologies and to promote new solutions to
difficult measurement issues. The developments in new sources and
detectors covering wider ranges of the electromagnetic spectrum,
with higher sensitivity, allow the use of techniques that some time
ago would have been considered inappropriate or lacking in
sufficient sensitivity."
Fundamentals of Optical Fiber Sensor Technology The field of
optical fiber sensors continues to expand and develop, being
increasingly influenced by new applications of the technologies
that have been the topics of research for some years. In this way,
the subject continues to mature and reach into new areas of
engineering. This text in the series on Optical Fiber Sensor
Technology provides a foundation for a better understanding of
those developments in the basic science and its applications in
fiber sensors, underpinning the subject today. This book builds
upon the work in an earlier single volume which covered a broad
area of the subject, but which now, in this, volume 1 of the
series, focuses upon the fundamentals and essentials of the
technology. Material which is included has been carefully reviewed
and in most cases thoroughly revised and expanded to reflect the
current state of the subject, and provide an essential background
for the more applications-oriented content of the subsequent
volumes of the series. This volume opens with a status paper on
optical fiber sensor technology, by Kenneth Grattan and Tong Sun
providing in it a flavor of the main topics in the field and giving
an essential overview at the sort of systems which are discussed in
more detail in the other chapters in the whole series. An extensive
publication list of readily accessible papers reflecting these
topics is included.
Optical Fiber Sensor Technology, Advanced Applications - Bragg
Gratings and Distributed Sensors, builds upon the foundations of
the subject in the preceding four volumes of this series,
concentrating as they do upon both applications and the technology
of advanced optical fiber sensors. Previous volumes have covered
the fundamentals of the field, devices and systems and chemical and
environmental monitoring. This volume deals with a range of highly
topical sensor devices and commercial systems, with considerable
emphasis upon one of the most important areas, Bragg gratings in
fibers, their fabrication and applications in advanced sensor
systems and the principles and use of distributed fiber optic
sensors. The volume is well illustrated and referenced, pointing to
hundreds of key publications accessible in the open literature. It
draws upon a group of authors with an international reputation for
their work in the area, carefully edited into a coherent and
logical text by the editors, based on their considerable experience
in the field. This book series will provide an invaluable source
for researchers, engineers and advanced students in the field of
optical fibers, optoelectronics and measurement and sensing.
Optical Fiber Sensor Technology, Advanced Applications - Bragg
Gratings and Distributed Sensors, builds upon the foundations of
the subject in the preceding four volumes of this series,
concentrating as they do upon both applications and the technology
of advanced optical fiber sensors. Previous volumes have covered
the fundamentals of the field, devices and systems and chemical and
environmental monitoring. This volume deals with a range of highly
topical sensor devices and commercial systems, with considerable
emphasis upon one of the most important areas, Bragg gratings in
fibers, their fabrication and applications in advanced sensor
systems and the principles and use of distributed fiber optic
sensors. The volume is well illustrated and referenced, pointing to
hundreds of key publications accessible in the open literature. It
draws upon a group of authors with an international reputation for
their work in the area, carefully edited into a coherent and
logical text by the editors, based on their considerable experience
in the field. This book series will provide an invaluable source
for researchers, engineers and advanced students in the field of
optical fibers, optoelectronics and measurement and sensing.
Fundamentals of Optical Fiber Sensor Technology The field of
optical fiber sensors continues to expand and develop, being
increasingly influenced by new applications of the technologies
that have been the topics of research for some years. In this way,
the subject continues to mature and reach into new areas of
engineering. This text in the series on Optical Fiber Sensor
Technology provides a foundation for a better understanding of
those developments in the basic science and its applications in
fiber sensors, underpinning the subject today. This book builds
upon the work in an earlier single volume which covered a broad
area of the subject, but which now, in this, volume 1 of the
series, focuses upon the fundamentals and essentials of the
technology. Material which is included has been carefully reviewed
and in most cases thoroughly revised and expanded to reflect the
current state of the subject, and provide an essential background
for the more applications-oriented content of the subsequent
volumes of the series. This volume opens with a status paper on
optical fiber sensor technology, by Kenneth Grattan and Tong Sun
providing in it a flavor of the main topics in the field and giving
an essential overview at the sort of systems which are discussed in
more detail in the other chapters in the whole series. An extensive
publication list of readily accessible papers reflecting these
topics is included.
Systems and Applications in Optical Fiber Sensor Technology The
essential technology which underpins developments in optical fiber
sensors continues to expand, and continues to be driven to a very
large extent by advances in optoelectronics which have been
produced for the ever-expanding optical com munications systems and
networks of the world. The steps forward in the technol ogy, often
accompanied by a reduction in the price of associated components,
have been, and continue to be, adapted for use in a wide variety of
optical fiber sensor systems. These include, for example, the use
of photoinduced gratings as fiber sensor components, coupled with
the wider availability of shorter wavelength lasers, bright
luminescent sources and high-sensitivity detectors which have
opened up new possibilities for both novel fiber optic sensor
applications and new sensing systems. This is to be welcomed at a
time when, coupled with integrated optic miniaturized devices and
detectors, real possibilities of systems integration, at lower cost
and increased utility, can be offered. The fiber laser, and the
expansions of the types and availability of the doped fiber on
which it is based, offer further examples of the integration of the
essential components of advanced optical sensor systems, fitted for
a new range of applications."
Environmental and chemical sensors in optical fiber sensor
technology The nature of the environment in which we live and work,
and the precarious state of many aspects of the natural
environment, has been a major lesson for scientists over the last
few decades. Public awareness of the issues involved is high, and
often coupled with a scepticism of the ability of the scientist and
engineer to provide an adequate, or even rapid solution to the
preservation of the environment before further damage is done, and
to achieve this with a mini mum of expenditure. Monitoring of the
various aspects of the environment, whether it be external or
internal to ourselves and involving chemical, physical or
biomedical parameters is an essential process for the well-being of
mankind and of the individual. Legis lative requirements set new
standards for measurement and control all around us, which must be
met by the most appropriate of the technologies available,
commensurate with the costs involved. Optical fiber sensor
technology has a major part to play in this process, both to
complement existing technologies and to promote new solutions to
difficult measurement issues. The developments in new sources and
detectors covering wider ranges of the electromagnetic spectrum,
with higher sensitivity, allow the use of techniques that some time
ago would have been considered inappropriate or lacking in
sufficient sensitivity."
Progress in optical fiber sensors The field of optical fiber sensor
technology is one that continues to expand and develop at a rate
that could barely have been predicted a few years ago. The wealth
of publications appearing in the technical literature and the
burgeoning number of papers presented at the now well-established
series of national and international conferences, which are
attended by a wide selection of technically qualified
optoelectronics professionals, gives a clear indication of both the
range and scale of the devices and applications now seen in the
subject. Such a rapid expansion makes it very difficult for the
scientist and engineer, under pressure to be both informed and
effective for an employer, to attend all these meetings,
selectively read the appropriate literature and be able quickly to
gain the knowledge in those specific areas which will give the best
advantage for the work in hand. To that end, this volume has been
planned and carefully designed to provide an essential overview,
and detailed specific information, on those novel and exciting
aspects of optical fiber sensor technology that have recently
emerged, with particular focus on the devices and the exciting
applications of this part of optoelectronic technology in the vast
international measurement and instrumentation area.
Optical Fiber Sensor Technology covers both the principles and
applications of this technology. Drawing upon leading international
experts for authoritative chapters reflecting the present
state-of-the-art, the book contains essential tutorial material on
the fundamentals of optics and optical fibres, reviews of the
underlying technology and present and potential future
applications. Extensively illustrated and carefully referenced,
this volume will prove an invaluable source for researchers,
engineers and advanced students from the fields of
optoelectronics/optics and/or measurement and sensors.
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